José Javier Esparza Torres (born 1963) is a Spanish journalist, essayist and cultural critic. He was born in 1963 in

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. He collaborated in ''Punto y Coma'', a journal promoted by Jorge Verstrynge dedicated to the dissemination of ''

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'' ideas in Spain along with other authors such as

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and Javier Sadaba. Likewise, he also was a promoter of ''Hespérides'', another journal linked to the ''Nouvelle Droite'' and

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(although Esparza avoided the pagan or antichristian facet of the movement), and the so-called

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''Proyecto Cultural Aurora''. He also participated in ''La Razón Española'', a francoist journal. An the onset of the 21st century, Esparza, coming from the radical right, devoted himself from his radio platform in the

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to the laudation of "spanish feats" a long history in a chronology already starting in Roman Hispania. He has also written several essays of historical disclosure. His production relative to the Second Republic and the

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has been described as "junk" by Ricardo Robledo. He has worked for ''ABC'', ''Ya'' and the Correo Group, joining Intereconomía in 2010.

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